Yeah, I saw that. I'm a little conflicted, to be honest.

I know when I first started riding, I thought Cinderella was a great and supportive way for women to get their feet wet in an organized event. I still do. It was my first organized bike ride back in 2001, and Em and I hope to do it again on the tandem.

I remember having a "harumph-y" reaction from my husband about the event. I mean Mike's about as liberal and politically correct/sensitive as you can get, but he thought it a bit fishy, more from a legal sense than anything, to have a women only ride. Sure there are races categorized by sex, age, etc. But what if a bike club tried to sponsor a casual, fun, men's only metric century ride? How well would that be received? Is Cinderella really different from that?

And I have to say its a grey area. Like I said, it is a great ride and the premise is fantastic. There need to be more supportive ways of getting women on bikes, period. But what if it were men only?? Why is this different?